Cigar bands

[Chingas]

Originally Posted by SSDVC

This is probably a dumb question, but why do some folks label their cigars with a date on them? I have seen humis full of labeled sticks and ones without.

I will be buying cigars as funds permit and intend to let them season awhile, but will dating them make a huge difference? I mean, when I want to smoke something, I'm going to grab it and light it up (I think).

And I have seen mention of an excel spreadsheet to track inventory. I am going for about 500 sticks or so on hand, will I need something like that? Where would I find that sheet?

Thanks.

Scott, my memory sucks. Point Blank. I have a lot of sticks and get a lot of sticks from all over. Knowing the date of purchase or manufacture plays a huge roll when resting or aging cigars.

A 2010 Boli PC does not exactly taste like a '08 or better yet an '05. Things change. Some cigars go thru what people call a "sick" period, where the stick is too young to really be smoked at it's full potential.

As for inventory. Some do, some don't. I like to know what I have and I try to be organized but others just dig thru their coolers and say, "I could have sworn I bought a fiver back in the day, hmm. I must have PIFed!"